how can i delete my hard drive and format to NTFS

Question

How can I format my disk to NTFS I need to delete everything so I can buy Windows XP and reinstall thanks Barara

Answer 1

Check the installation of ntfs-3g

sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

Open a terminal and identify your drive:

lsblk

Sample output:

sdc      8:32   1   7,5G  0 disk 
└─sdc1   8:33   1   7,5G  0 part /media/user/BAFC-91D9

Then unmount the device

sudo umount /dev/<your_device_and_partition>

in my case

sudo umount /dev/sdc1

and format with

sudo mkfs.ntfs /dev/<your_device_and_partition>

in my case

sudo mkfs.ntfs /dev/sdc1

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Or simply install Windows. The hard disk is automatically formatted.